Ceratrichomyia behara
Ceratrichomyia behara | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Flies |
Suborder: | Aschiza |
Family: | Syrphidae |
Subfamily: | Microdontinae |
Genus: | Ceratrichomyia |
Species: | C. behara |
Binomial name | |
Ceratrichomyia behara Séguy, 1951 |
Diagnosis
The combination of a complete transverse suture on the mesoscutum and a constricted abdomen is only found in Ceratrichomyia, Indascia Keiser, Indascia, 1958, Thompsodon gen. n. and certain species of Paramixogaster Brunetti, 1923. Males are easily distinguished from all these taxa by the long pilosity of the basoflagellomere, and also by sternite 4, which is covered by the genital capsule. From Paramixogaster this genus also differs by the unfused tergites 3 and 4. Females are unknown.
Description
Distribution
Madagascar
Biology
REFERENCES
- Reemer, M. & G. Stahls 2013. Phylogenetic relationships of Microdontinae (Diptera: Syrphidae) based on molecular and morphological characters. Systematic Entomology 38 (4): 661-688.
- Séguy, E. 1951. Trois nouveaux Syrphides de Madagascar (Dipt.). Revue Fr. Ent. 18: 14-18.